§ MR. ESSLEMONT) (Aberdeen, E.I beg to ask the Lord Advocate if his attention has been directed to the decisions of the recent Quarter Session at Aberdeen, when several transfers of licences refused by the Burgh Court were granted on appeal; and whether, in view of the proposed Compensation Clauses in the Local Taxation and Excise Duties Bill, any provision will be made to prevent County Justices from imposing upon burghs which are counties in themselves, 955 liabilities for compensation on account of licences which, in the exercise of discretion of the burgh Magistrates are not required, and have been granted against the wishes of the community more immediately concerned?
§ *MR. J. P. B. ROBERTSONI have not heard of the decisions referred to in the question. The Quarter Sessions are the Statutory Court of Appeal in such cases, and it is impossible to distinguish between certificates granted by them and certificates granted by other competent Licensing Courts.